Mathematical modelling and parameter classification enable understanding of dynamic shape-change issues adversely affecting high energy-density battery metal anodes

•Charge-discharge cycling and long-term cell behaviour modelled with material changes.•Impact of material evolution on voltage response of coin cell modelled mathematically.•Electrode morphochemical information introduced in boundary conditions of PDE system.•Electrical counterpart of dendrite formation and passivation of electrodes, modelled.•Shape of voltage transients in cell cycling described in terms of model parameters.